''Astrotischeria solidagonifoliella'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Tischeriidae. It was described by
James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859. It is found in eastern North America, from Oklahoma and North Carolina to Quebec.
The larvae feed on ''
Solidago'' species. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant.
References
Moths described in 1859
Tischeriidae
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